Watchface: ActiFace [FR920XT, Vivoactive, epix]

Watchface link: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/7ef071c3-4a14-4eb3-aca9-e3a531262711

You can donate the ActiFace development via PayPal here: http://bit.ly/1RoLv4i

!!! IMPORTANT - PLEASE, RESTART YOUR WATCHES AFTER WATCHFACE UPDATE IF YOU HAVE SOME CONFIGURATION ISSUES !!!

Watch Face contains:
- Time and date
- activity history graph (past 7 days + today) in kCal and km/mi (or steps)
- maximum or sum or average kCals and km/mi (or steps)
- daily goal progress and step count
- custom fields
- status and notification icons
- inactivity indicator. Removing of inactivity levels is handled by the watch firmware, usually it takes about 3-4 minutes of walking.
- "goal reached" indicator in the week graph (small white triangle)

Supports 12/24 time format and km/mi.

Configuration
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ActiFace can be configured via Garmin Connect Mobile or Garmin Express.
Here is how to do it: https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?332843-How-to-App-Settings

Possible settings:
- Color
- Date format (and second date format in case when the notification icon is shown on Fenix-like models)
- Inverted mode (white background)
- Graph description - values above the graph - week maximums, sums or averages
- White line - switch between daily steps and distance for the white line graph
- Color graph style - switch between curve graph and bar graph
- Custom fields types (differs between models):
* UTC (with TZ offset)
* UTC24 (with TZ offset, always 24H format)
* steps
* distance
* calories
* goal percentage
* heart rate
* altitude
* week goal percentage (counted all step goals and steps from the beginning of the week)
* week distance average (counted from the beginning of the week without today)
* week steps average (counted from the beginning of the week without today)
* week calories average (counted from the beginning of the week without today)
* sunrise/sunset times
* climbed floors
* climbed meters/feet
* descended meters/feet
* week intensity minutes percentage
- Enable/disable seconds
- Enable/disable inactivity indicator
- Battery indicator type (Fenix3 only)
- Color graph line

andre77ab over 9 years ago

Great idea, I'll prepare something like that for 2.0 release. In the beginning I was trying to make this watchface as intuitive as the screen size allow. But during time it evolved to much more complex watchface than I expected, so you are right - graphical explanation is necessary now. thanks

Release 2.x will be based on IQ Connect 1.1.4 or....?

Petr.Koula over 9 years ago

Release 2.x will be based on IQ Connect 1.1.4 or....?

No, v2.0 uses features from CIQ 1.2. But it is backward compatible with 1.1.x (of course without that features).

Vivosmartie over 9 years ago

The Connect IQ 1.2 is already available as beta version, so developers now has some period of time to improve theirs apps for the final release. There are already beta firmwares for devices supporting CIQ 1.2 and I can bet that final release is around the corner.

Can I register somewhere (blog, forum thread, etc.) to get notified by the release?
I am awaiting this for quite 4 weeks now and I am a bit nervous to miss it...

br
VS

Petr.Koula over 9 years ago

Can I register somewhere (blog, forum thread, etc.) to get notified by the release?
I am awaiting this for quite 4 weeks now and I am a bit nervous to miss it...

br
VS

You can check Garmin Developer blog (http://developer.garmin.com/blog/) as well as this forum. I also always post tweet about new ActiFace version on twitter (@petakoula).

Former Member over 9 years ago

Thoughts on improvements (is so great so really just 'tweaks')

Love my ActiFace Blue - thanks for all the great work. Only issue I have is understanding / determining what everything on the screens represents.

Believe access to an image with arrows pointing to the watch face describing what each data point represents - and how to use that info to ones benefit -(noticed my fenix 3 data point looks different than image on product page) would be very helpful.

Also would recommend simplifying (example badges) so there is a connection between what we are seeing:

badges - "D" - doubled goal, "arrow up" - week maximum reached, "4" - you reached the goal 4 times in past 5 days (including today), "7" - you reached the goal 7 times in past 8 days

I struggle with trying to remember the difference between D, Arrow Up, 4, 5 and 7 mean - Would love to see some type of better correlation between each of these. 7 times in past 8 days vs 4 times in past 4 days... Why? Why not % of goal over a set time period or something similar? If badges were certain letters alone, certain numbers alone or certain symbols alone, would be much easier to understand.

keep up the great work! Love it!

Former Member over 9 years ago

Activty history graph not updating

Hi,

first, the activity tracking must be enabled (Settings/Activity tracking), but I suppose you have it enabled.

I registered few cases when activity tracker has stuck, but ActiFace cannot do anything with it, it only reads history records. There're 2 points which can help. 1. reset of the activity tracker Menu>History>Options>Reset totals.. or 2. watches factory reset.

P.

Thanks for the reply Petr. I tried your suggestions above but the activity history graph still does not update. Is it possible that there is a bug or, something I'm still not doing correctly? I've noticed a few other users making the same observation/comments in their reviews of this watch face. Thanks.

Petr.Koula over 9 years ago

I think it's definitely a bug, but I'm affraid that it's in the firmware. ActiFace doesn't have any history database or its own storage. It just reads the history from your watch each 5 minutes. If you cannot see any changes in the graph, that means the activity tracking is stuck. You can check it in your steps history for past 7 days (Menu>History>Steps and open some entry). I assume they are not changing as well.

Petr.Koula over 9 years ago

ActiFace 2.0 on new FR230 (compatible also with FR630)

Former Member over 9 years ago

What is the 2 with the cloud icon in the top bar? A new feature of CIQ 1.2 that shows the number of outstanding notifications perhaps? :)

Petr.Koula over 9 years ago

What is the 2 with the cloud icon in the top bar? A new feature of CIQ 1.2 that shows the number of outstanding notifications perhaps? :)

Exactly.. it's number of unread notifications (messages, calls, mails, etc.) on the phone..